How to Make a Wedding Core Lasso

Pass down a family keepsake cross by adding it to the wedding lasso.

A wedding lasso is draped around the shoulders of a bride and groom during a traditional Hispanic wedding ceremony, following the wedding prayer to symbolize eternity. The lasso can be made from a variety of materials, such as rosary beads, crystals, pearls, ribbons or flowers. You can make a wedding lasso for the upcoming nuptials of a close friend or family member from imitation pearls and crystal beads for a thoughtful but inexpensive keepsake gift for the couple.

Things You'll Need

• Thin-gauge jewelry wire
• Crimp ends
• Thin-nose pliers
• 4 mm crystal beads
• 8 mm imitation pearl beads
• Jump ring
• Religious cross (optional)

Instructions

1. Cut a length of thin-gauge jewelry wire to a length of 42 inches and thread a crimp end onto one end of the wire. Thread the end of the wire through the crimp end, make a loop in the wire and thread the end back through the crimp end. Squeeze the crimp end tightly with thin-nose pliers to secure the crimp end onto the wire.

2. Thread five of the 4 mm crystal beads onto the jewelry wire, slide the beads to the crimp end and then slide an 8 mm imitation pearl bead onto the wire.

3. Repeat the above step until you end up approximately 1 inch from the end of the wire.

4. Thread a crimp end onto the 1-inch-long wire end, make a loop from the wire and thread it back through the crimp end. Pinch the crimp end closed with the pliers.

5. Open a jump ring and hook it onto the loops of both crimp ends.

6. Hook a cross onto the open jump ring for a religious couple. Squeeze the jump ring closed with the pliers.

References

• Celebrate Intimate Weddings: The Lasso Ceremony
• Crystal Rhinestone Boutique: Table of Sizes